Elevance

Elevance Clean® 1200

Elevance Clean® 1200

Principal: Elevance
Categories: Solvent, Degreasing
Applications: Heavy-Duty Cleaning, Household Cleaning, Hard Surface Cleaning, Metal Cleaner, Industrial
Green Criteria: Biodegradable

Elevance Clean® 1200 is an effective industrial grade bio-based and VOC-exempt cleaning ingredient that outperforms traditional and bio-based solvents and surfactants.

It’s suitable for use in formulations for cleaning tar, asphalt and bitumen from the surface of tools, equipment and vehicles. This innovative, bio-based solution can be used in a broad range of aqueous, non-aqueous and organic-based systems while being used in neutral pH (6-9) formulations.

Features and Benefits

Elevance Clean 1200 delivers superior cleaning kinetics that surpass petrochemical-based and bio-based solvent formulations

  • Made from plant oils with more than 65% bio-based carbon
  • VOC-free: exceeds VOC exemption classification requirements for the EU and U.S.
  • Retains its cleaning performance in cold temperatures and providing ease in cleaning equipment during winter months
  • Readily biodegradable by OECD Method 301
  • Non-flammable (ASTM D-93) by OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.106
  • Listed on the CleanGredients inventory (as part of the EPA Safer Choice Program)
  • USDA BioPreferred
  • Free of components listed in EU Dangerous Substances Directive (Regulation No. 1272/2008)
  • California Air Resource Board lowvapor pressure (LVP)VOC (CARB Method 310)

Performance

Asphalt/Tar Removal - Solvent-Based Formulations

When compared to most petroleum-based solvents (e.g. Benzene, Ethyl Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes-BETX), Elevance Clean 1200 has an improved environmental profile, and when compared to other bio-based products (e.g. d-Limonene) Elevance Clean 1200 is VOC-exempt. These attributes of Elevance Clean 1200 will allow formulators maximum flexibility in developing products that will meet your customers’ most challenging cleaning requirements.

 

Figure 1. Asphalt Spray and Rinse Cleaning Performance. High-concentration non-aqueous spray and rinse formulation using cleaning agents

Percent of asphalt removal after 40 cycles: Elevance Clean 1200: 80%; d-Linonene: 80%; Exxsol D60: 70%; Exxsol D110: 45%; Isopar L: 50%.
Modified ASTM D4488 | Testing cleaning performance of products intended for use on resilient surfaces:
3" x 6" x 1/16" stainless steel plate coated with a uniform film of driveway asphalt sealcoat tar | 24 h cure @ 23ºC | 5 mL solvent-imbibed cellulose pad | See formulation in Table 1 below | Gardner scrub apparatus | Image analysis software.
 
 
Table 1: Formulation for high-concentration non-aqueous spray and rinse formulation
Ingredient% by Weight
Elevance Clean® 120080
BIO-SOFT® N91-2.510
Butyl Carbitol™10
 
 

Figure 2. Better Asphalt cleaning than many competitive solvents (ASTM D488-95)

Demonstration of the superior asphalt and tar cleaning properties of Elevance Clean 1200 after 39 cycles compared to d-Limonene at 115 cycles, Aromatic 150 at 62 cycles and Methyl Soyate at 184 cycles.

Asphalt/Tar Removal - Water-Based Formulations

Elevance Clean 1200 not only does an excellent job at removing asphalt and tar at ambient temperatures but excels at removing these challenging soils at low temperatures for both routine, low-concentrate formulations and more concentrated spray and rinse formulations used for more heavily soiled surfaces.

 

Figure 3. Asphalt Spray and Rinse Cleaning Performance. High-concentration spray and rinse formulation using different cleaning agents

Average percent of asphalt removed in 30 cycles. At an ambient temperature (25 degrees Celsius) - Isopar M: 30%; Methyl Laurate: 20%; Isopar H: 75%; Mineral Spirits: 50%; Elevance Clean 1200: 90%. At a cold temperature (Negative 10 degrees Celsius) - Isopar M, Methyl Laurate, and Mineral Spirits: 5%; Isopar H: 15%; Elevance Clean 1200: 80%.
Modified ASTM D4488 | Testing cleaning performance of products intended for use on resilient surfaces 3” x 6” x 1/16” stainless steel plate coated with a uniform film of driveway asphalt sealcoat tar | 24 h cure @ 23ºC | 5 ml solvent-imbibed cellulose pad | See formulation in Table 2 below | Gardner scrub apparatus | Image analysis software
 
 
Table 2: Formulation for high-concentration aqueous spray and rinse formulation
Ingredient% by Weight
Elevance Clean® 12005
BIO-SOFT® N91-6 or Empilan® KR 65
BIO-SOFT® D-4012.5
Dowanol™ DPnB5
Water72.5
 

The Elevance Clean® 1200 product line consists of two products containing the same active material. Technical performance of both products is identical.

1. Elevance Clean 1200XA is a cleaning ingredient without added fragrance.
2. Elevance Clean 1200HT is Elevance Clean 1200XA with fragrance added.

 
PropertyTypical Values
AppearanceClear liquid; colorless to pale yellow
Active, wt. %Min. 90
Density at 25°C, g/mL0.87 – 0.89
Boiling point at 760 mmHg, °CMin. 250
Vapor pressure at 25°C, mmHg<0.100
Flash point, PMCC,°CMin. 100
Refractive Index at 25, °C1.44
Surface Tension, mN/m29.66
Melting Point, °C-36
RVOC, U.S. EPA, %0
Kauri-butanol Value85
Viscosity at 25 °C, cP3.36
HSP values, calculated:1
δD, MPa½16.3
δP, MPa½3.4
δH, MPa½4.2
Solubility2
WaterInsoluble
Methanol, xylenes, terpenesSoluble
1Hansen solubility parameters for Elevance Clean 1200HT were calculated using HSPiP 4th Edition 4.1.04.
2Solubility testing was conducted at 10% and 25% by weight.